Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic за мужь (za mužĭ, literally behind the husband), from Proto-Slavic *za + *mǫ̑žь.[1] Compare Russian за́муж (zámuž), Old Church Slavonic за мѫжь (za mǫžĭ), Polish za mąż, Slovene zamož.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈzamʲiʒ]
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Adverb

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за́між (zámiž)

  1. (chiefly used in collocations) married (to a man)

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “заміж”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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